Author(s): Hisashi Kashiwai

Fiction | Sarah

Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant called the Kamogawa Diner run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare.

Customers who can find the hidden diner are treated to an extravagant meal, but it's not the main reason for visiting . . . The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as 'food detectives', capable of recreating a dish from their customers' pasts that may well hold the key to forgotten memories and ongoing happiness.

From the widower looking for a specific noodle dish that his wife used to cook to a first love's beef stew, the restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to the past and a way to a more contented future.

A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.

Staff Notes:

Down a quiet back alley in Kyoto you will find a diner/ detective agency that can track down and recreate any dish that lives in the recesses of your memory. A series of culinary mysteries unfold successively, all with mouth-watering food descriptions. 

Cosy with a side of even more cosy!

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